Project Shell – Ferrari

Art Director wanted to tell the story of the Shell-Ferrari’s 60 years of partnership showing the important cars for both

CG Song, 800 VFX shots: VCL works wonders for Ta Ra Rum Pum

TaRa Rum Pum is well paced and tells the story in just the amount of time at just the right pace. 800 shots, and then some, in 60 days. 3D people filling the stadium, 3D cars racing on the track, smoke, fire and sparks. A three and a half minutes song in CGI with dancing bears, chocolate rivers and Rani and Saif in a fantasy foodworld. That was pretty much what VCL did for Ta Ra Rum Pum.

Making of Ninja

Artist summarize the steps and techniques used in creation of this image which will be helpful for artists

Making of the Joker

Artist saw the dark knight posters and decide to try something similar but did not want the character to look like Heath Ledger

Creating a Vase in ZBrush

Use the radial symmetry to construct the overall shape, mesh extraction to cut the hole and finally use the ZProject brush

Making of Lexus on the Road

In this making artist will explain the camera match in 3ds max, adding car in the scene and used HDRI for lighting

Interview with La Main Des Maitres Team

Read the exclusive interview with the team of short film La Main des Maitres means Masters hand

Production Focus: Max Payne

Toronto-based Spin VFX knew from the outset that Max Payne would be a complex project

Car Paint Shader Setup

Many ways to achieve an effective car paint simulation and in XSI you can achieve it without 3rd party shader

Understanding Strokes and Alphas in ZBrush

In these videos you will learn how to use strokes and alphas inside ZBrush to create things like zipper, horns